10 years ago, in my stupid younger years, I used the fram oil filter on my 18RG race motor on a 73 toyota corolla sprinter. I was racing at the back lanes of Travis Airforce base, Fairfield ca with a bunch of other street racers 2AM in the morning.
It was my turn to run someone with a V8 Cuda. First and second gear hook-up nice that I was a car lenght ahead of the cuda. Third gear, I felt like the tach RPM spung faster than normal and I got side ways doing 85 mph.
At 4th gear the engine felt like it was struggling to get to the end of the 1/4 mile. Beat the cuda by 1/3 car lenght
Once done and got back to park the car, I check the engine to see if there is anything loose. Guess what, I do not have any more oil filter. The filter blew off!
On top of that, the cops came and run as out! Lucky, I told the cops that I was just waiting for a friend to tow my car and just happen to be there watching while I was waiting for him to tow me home
Long story short, FRAM SUCKS.
- Weak anti drain valve. More like none existance anti drain valve causing your engine to do dry starts after a period of not driving.
- Rubber gasket tend to slide off causing the filter to get loose and blow off
- Less filter element or pleats.
- My dilemma 10 years ago was a $3000.00 lesson why FRAM sucks!!!!